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Music Censorship

The music censorship section is problematic. The assertion that music censorship is almost always a human rights violation is an opinion form someone's random web page. (see cite) This assertion is not verifiable. 174.44.52.91 (talk) 18:45, 7 July 2013‎

The citation is from Freemuse web site. It seems to be more than just "someone's random web page", but rather the web site for (from the About Freemuse page):

• a non-profit organisation registered in Denmark;
• an independent international organisation which advocates freedom of expression for musicians and composers worldwide;
• an organisation born of the 1st World Conference on Music and Censorship held in Copenhagen in November 1998;
• a membership organisation with its secretariat based in Copenhagen, Denmark;
• an organisation funded by The Swedish International development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), The Sigrid Rausing Trust, Roskilde Festival Charity Society, Björn Afzelius International Culture Foundation (BAIK), and Sweden’s Special Initiative for Democratisation and Freedom of Expression; and
• an organisation with Special Consultative Status with the United Nation‘s Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC, since 2012.

--Jeff Ogden (W163) (talk) 13:22, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Censorship in some individual countries

To the best of my knowledge, South Korea does not have pervasive censorship. However, they do filter adult material, North-Korean sympathetic results, and some YouTube videos from search engines catering to Korea. Please double-check this info and add to the map if it is correct. If it is, I think the map should be changed (South Korea goes into selective censorship)

Also, I believe that Japan censors pornography. Again, please verify this information. (Japan is moved from no censorship to selective censorship).

I believe the United Kingdom censors Pirate Bay. Yet again, please verify this info. (UK moved from no censorship to selective censorship).

First talk page edit, please clean up if there are any mistakes and let me know. Thanks. Kimchipie2000 (talk) 07:49, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

These comments all relate to the Internet censorship map, is that correct? The map is based on the material in the Internet censorship by country article. And the material in that article is in turn based on information in reports from Reporters Without Borders and the OpenNet Initiative. Misplaced Pages isn't rating the amount of censorship in individual countries itself, but rather summarizes the ratings that have been done by others. I believe that the map matches the article and the article matches its sources, but you should feel free to check that yourself and let us know if you find something that is out of wack. The category label used for the Japan and UK on the map is "Little or no censorship" rather than "no censorship" which at least opens the door to a small amount of Internet censorship in those and most other countries. Japan was a bit of a problem since it is not rated by the usual sources. There is a discussion about this at Talk:Internet censorship by country#Where is Japan?. And, finally, the Censorship by country article summarizes censorship issues beyond just Internet censorship. Hope this helps. --Jeff Ogden (W163) (talk) 14:47, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Category for individuals who had their work censored?

I think we should create such category; sample person who should be in it: Wilhelm Reich. Thoughts? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:43, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Support, I think this is a great idea. Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 16:34, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

@Cirt:. I have created said category, now at Category:People who had their work censored (syntax similar to Category:People who have walked on the Moon. Or should it be Category:Victims of censorship? We should redirect one into the other, probably. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:21, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Okay, thank you, sounds good. — Cirt (talk) 15:12, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Sadly, the category has been deleted (Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2014_April_15#Category:People_who_had_their_work_censored). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:16, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Editors may find the following useful: pl:Kategoria:Autorzy objęci zapisem cenzury w Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej - category for authors censored in People's Republic of Poland. I hope that one day English Misplaced Pages's consensus will change and we will categorize authors (and works) by place and date of censorship, too. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:35, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Internet Censorship By Country

Given the recent push requiring an "opt-out" to remove blocks on generally available content, shouldn't the United Kingdom be updated to show "selective censorship" or "changing situation"? --Connelly90 07:46, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

The Internet censorship by country map was recently updated following the release of a new Internet Enemies list by Reporters Without Borders. See Talk:Internet censorship by country#Enemies of the Internet 2014 for additional information. -Jeff Ogden (W163) (talk) 04:05, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Video Game Censorship

Seeing as there is an article on video game censorship, shouldn't it be given its own heading under "Censorship by medium"? --76.200.204.148 (talk) 14:34, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

 Done -Jeff Ogden (W163) (talk) 13:23, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

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In the past, there have been requests that discussions about potentially controversial TFAs are brought to the attention of more than just those who have WP:TFAR on their watchlist. With that in mind: Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties has been nominated for an appearance as Today's Featured Article. If you have any views, please comment at Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/requests. — Cirt (talk) 20:28, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

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